[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 0/7] make rte_intr_handle internal

[David Marchand]

Hello Harman,


On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:42 PM Harman Kalra <hkalra at marvell.com> wrote:
>
> Moving struct rte_intr_handle as an internal structure to
> avoid any ABI breakages in future. Since this structure defines
> some static arrays and changing respective macros breaks the ABI.
> Eg:
> Currently RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID imposes a limit of maximum 512
> MSI-X interrupts that can be defined for a PCI device, while PCI
> specification allows maximum 2048 MSI-X interrupts that can be used.
> If some PCI device requires more than 512 vectors, either change the
> RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID limit or dynamically allocate based on
> PCI device MSI-X size on probe time. Either way its an ABI breakage.
>
> Change already included in 21.11 ABI improvement spreadsheet (item 42):
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Thanks for taking care of this huge cleanup.
I started looking at it.


CC: Ferruh and next-net* maintainers for awareness.

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David Marchand